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Posted on: February 19, 2019 at 12:38:10 CT
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part about NATO from your link.

NOWHERE does he promise to leave nato.

He QUESTIONED the purpose of the alliance.
He HINTS that he might not come to their aid.

He called it obsolete. It's almost as if he was negotiating. But twist the words, spin the meaning and obfuscate the facts so you can say he broke his promise.

And even with your convenient definition of abandoned promise, he still has at least two years left.

Nowhere at no time did he promise to leave NATO.

Do better...


Ditching Nato

Before:

Mr Trump repeatedly questioned the military alliance's purpose, calling it "obsolete". One issue that irked him was whether members were pulling their weight and "paying their bills". In one New York Times interview in July 2016, he even hinted that the US would not come to the aid of a member invaded by Russia.

After: But as he hosted Nato's secretary general at the White House in April 2018, the US president said the threat of terrorism had underlined the alliance's importance. "I said it [Nato] was obsolete," Mr Trump said. "It's no longer obsolete."
In July 2018, Mr Trump reiterated his support at the Nato summit, but suggested the US might still leave if allies did not acquiesce to his budget demands.
The abrupt departure of Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has concerned some US allies, as the general had been among aides urging the president to keep the US in Nato.

Edited by hokie at 12:47:05 on 02/19/19
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